Adjustable wheel for corn-planters.



J. A. MUSSETTER.

ADJUSTABLE WHEEL FOR CORN PLANTEBS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 26, 1909.

921,557. Patented May 11, 1909.

i if '4 W/TNESSES INVENTOH LTEIEEPH H. MUSSETTEFL Q W By fi v V ATTOHNEYS UNITED STATES PrgENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH A. MUSSETTER, OF WILMINGTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO ADJUSTABLE PLANTERWHEE L COMPANY, OF CLINTON, OHIO, A GORPORATION OF OHIO.

I Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 11, 1909.

Application filed January '26, 1909. Serial No. 474,277.

I To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH A. MUSSETTER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Wilmington, in the county of Olinton,1State of Ohio, haveinvented an Improvement in Adjustable Wheels for Corn Planters, of whlchthe following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement upon the wheel for which Ihave receivedLetters-Patent of the United States No. 67 4,937 May 28,, 1901. Suchwheel is made in two parts or sections, which are ad'ustable toward andfrom each other, where y the twoart oval or concave rimmay be broadeneor narrowed as conditions require. I now dispense with the bar bracesemployed as the rincipal means for holdin the halves or uplicate partsof the whee in different adjustments relative to each other, andsubstitute thereor the improvedmeans hereinafter described, the sameeing applied to the hub and to' the spokes adjacent to the rim, as shownin the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view ofthe wheel. Fig. 2: is a cross section of the wheel rim. Fi 3 is a crosssectional view of the Wheel hu Fig. 4 is a, perspective view furtherillustratin he hub attachment.

A and indicate the two tires or rims which are beveled or inclinedtoward each other, so that, when adjusted close together, they form aconcave, or what is commonly called an oval, rim. Each rim is supportedby s okes 1 which are fixed in a hub 2 that is a apted to slide on'theaxle tube 3. The rims A and A are. connected transversely by means ofbars i and 5 which overlap andare adapted to slide on each other; thatis to say, the outer end of the bars 4, 5, are riveted to therims A, andA, respectively, and their inner ends overlap, the part 4 being providedwith a lengthwise slot which receives a rivet or bolt 6 that is attachedto the bar 5. These devices 4, 5, thus connect the two rims A, A, andbrace and'tie the same so that they may be kept at a uniform distanceapart, and at the same time held rigidly in any required ad'ustment.

rovide for a similar lateral adjustment of t e hubs 2 to and from eachother, and employ improved means for lo ckin the hubs to the axle tube3. The said .tu e is provided with a series of longitudinal ribs 7, anda feather or spline 7 see Figs. 3 and. 4. The

with the lower rib 7 of tube 3.

and fits loosely in a corresponding groove.

Thus the hubs are adapted to slide, but cannot rotate, on the tube 3.

For the purpose of locking the hubs in any adjustment on theaxle tube 3,I employ slidable wedges 8, which are arranged, as shown in Figs. 3, 4,for frictional contact The key passes throughthe thickened lower side 2of each hub. 2, and a nut 8 is applied to its threaded end. It isobvious that, by rotating the nut, the Wedge ma be tightened orloosened, as' required to loc the hub 2 to the tube 3, or to release itso that it may be slid on the tube.

It will be understood that the two wheel sections indicated by rims A, Aand the corresponding spokes and hubs respectively connected therewith,may be adjusted bodily,

toward or from each other, as required to narrow or broaden the treadof-the Wheel, and that they maybe locked together, or any requireddistance apart, by simply tightening the nuts 8 on the wedge keys 8.Such adjustment of the wheel sections toward or from each other may,therefore, be easily and quickly effected, and, when locked in an reuired adjustment, the sections are he (1 rigldly with relation to eachother.

What I claim is: 1. An adjustable wheel for cornlanters, comprising twowheel sections which are adjustable toward and from each other, meansfor locking the hubs in any required lateral adjustment, and staysconnecting the rims of the sections, the same being formed of barswhich'are slidable on each other and connected, substantially asdescribed.

' 2. 'In an adjustable wheel for corn-planters, the combination, withthe rims or tires which are adjustable toward and from each other, ofstays secured to said rims and projecting inward and overlapping, andmeans for connecting the same whereby one is guided on the other,substantially as described.

3. In an adj usrable wheel for corn-planters, the combination, with anaxle tube, of a hub and awed e-shaped key passing transversely throughtie 1111 and arranged in contact with said tube and the hub whereby itworks in frictional contact with each, and means for adjusting such, keyfor locking or releasing the hub, substantially as described.

4. The improved adjustable wheel for may be adjustedon the tube, towardand corn-planters, comprisin duplicate rims, from each otherand lockedin any-required hubs,v and connecting spo es, slidable stays adjustment,substentiall as described.

connecting the rims, and an axle tube ass- JOSEPH MUSSETTER. 5 ingthrough both hubs; locking wedge eys Witnesses:

passing through both hubs and engaging the LEW JACK,

tube, whereby the duplicate wheel sections JOE T. DOAN.

